Recruitment Jobs Using Job Boards

By Steven T Reid

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy   

Recruitment jobs specialists rely heavily on job boards when finding new employees for various careers in different industries. Job boards are crucial when someone is looking for a new job because it puts their name out there and lets all of the recruitment jobs specialists know that they are interested in starting a new career with their organization. Job boards typically have an area where employers with openings in their companies can contract out to employment professionals to post on these job portals. Job portals also allow job seekers to post their resume on them so employment occupations professionals can search through the various resumes and find the perfect employee they are looking for.

Recruitment job specialists are always on the lookout for new employees in management positions. If you have had a lot of experience in a particular field, it would be well advised to post your resume on various job boards. Recruitment jobs specialists will then be able to see that you have had many years in the field and can consider you for an opening in a management position to the employers that they are working for. A management position can be a fantastic step forward for many people, leading to a higher salary and a more satisfying work experience.

Job portals for graphic design occupations are great for getting your portfolio out in the digital world. Many employment jobs professionals will look through job portals for graphic design positions and can present potential employees body of work directly to employers for a quick decision as to if they would be a good fit to the company. The graphic design industry is highly competitive, but also highly lucrative if the recruitment occupation professionals can find the right place for you in a prestigious graphic design firm. So if you are looking for a new career in graphic design, be sure to post your portfolio on graphic design job boards.

If you are looking at careers in the telecommunications industry, there are a great variety of job boards that employment occupation specialists use to find the great new employee. The telecommunications industry is a vast field with positions in all types of employment. One of the largest sectors of the telecommunications field is in retail sales, and there are many job portals that list these available positions. Posting your resume on a job board for careers in telecommunications retail sales positions can help recruitment jobs specialists seek you out and get you started in your new career today. Another sector of the telecommunications industry is in the technical field. Many electrical engineers go into the telecommunications industry because of the high pay and rewarding nature of the work, as such there are many employment jobs specialists that are always on the hunt for highly qualified electrical engineers. By posting your electrical engineering resume on various online job boards, recruitment jobs specialists will know that you are the hunt for a new, high paying career in the telecommunications industry.

Job Interview Answer: Why Were You Fired?

By Alison Doyle

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy

 

Fired from your job? Don't know what to say in an interview? Career expert and author, Joyce Lain Kennedy, shares her twelve best job interview answers to the question "Why were you fired?"

Joyce Lain Kennedy is the nation's first syndicated careers columnist. Her work is distributed by Tribune Media Services and appears in more than 100 newspapers and Web sites. In addition, Joyce is author of eight career-related books including Job Interviews for Dummies, where you can read additional excellent interview advice, Cover Letters for Dummies and Resumes for Dummies.

Joyce Lain Kennedy's sample answers to the interview question "Why were you fired?"

• Being cut loose was a blessing in disguise. Now I have an opportunity to explore jobs that better suit my qualifications and interests. My research suggests that such an opportunity may be the one on your table. Would you like to hear more about my skills in working with new technology?
• My competencies were not the right match for my previous employer's needs but it looks like they'd be a good fit in your organization. In addition to marketing and advertising, would skills in promotion be valued here?
• Although circumstances caused me to leave my first job, I was very successful in school and got along well with both students and faculty. Perhaps I didn't fully understand my boss's expectations or why he released me so quickly before I had a chance to prove myself.
• The job wasn't working out so my boss and I agreed that it was time for me to move on to a position that would show a better return for both of us. So here I am, ready to work.
• After thinking about why I left, I realize I should have done some things differently. That job was a learning experience and I think I'm wiser now. I'd like the chance to prove that to you.
• A new manager came in and cleaned house in order to bring in members of his old team. That was his right but it cleared my head to envision better opportunities elsewhere.
• Certain personal problems, which I now have solved, unfortunately upset my work life. These problems no longer exist and I'm up and running strong to exceed expectations in my new job.
• I wanted my career to move in a different direction, and I guess my mental separation set up the conditions that led to my departure. But by contrast, the opportunity we're discussing seems to be made for me and I hope to eventually grow into a position of responsibility.
• I usually hit it off very well with my bosses, but this case was the exception that proved my rule of good relationships. We just didn't get on well. I'm not sure why.
• My job was offshored to India. That's too bad because people familiar with my work say it is superior and fairly priced.
• I outlasted several downsizings but the last one included me. Sign of the times, I guess.
• I was desperate for work and took the wrong job without looking around the corner. I won't make that mistake again. I'd prefer an environment that is congenial, structured and team-oriented, where my best talents can shine and make a substantial contribution.

Kennedy also says, "Practice in advance what you'll say. Then keep it brief, keep it honest and keep it moving." That way, you'll get past the sticky issue of getting fired and can move on to your skills and why you're qualified for the job.

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Barbara's Retail Industry Blog

By Barbara Farfan

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy  

The big news for those working in the retail industry this week was the survey results released by Manpower Inc. which revealed that retail hiring in the 2008 holiday season will be lower than it was last year. This might be widely reported news, but it's not unexpected news to anyone who works or spends money in retail stores.

A small comfort for Washington DC area retail job seekers is that fewer displaced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac employees will be flooding the mall with resumes. That's because a retention plan will be offered so that the lenders don't lose key people to a mass employee exodus. About 25 % of their employees will be offered "pay to stay" bonuses. The other 75%, I guess, are on their own and may need some of those seasonal retail jobs.

With so many gloomy predictions about the job market, it's difficult to know where to go with a retail career or even if there is anywhere to go with it at all. A majority of the e-mails I receive from About.com readers are either asking for advice about where to start in the retail industry, or, once in, "how to get there from here." These days many retail employees are asking for strategies to switch careers altogether.

It's been my experience that career paths are not always as safe and linear as most people would like them to be. Making a dramatic move, like leaving your chosen industry, might seem like an undesirable u-turn. In fact, though, it might be just that type of dramatic change that puts you on a career superhighway that you didn't know existed. Most of today's most famous CEOs did not have a linear rise through the ranks in the retail industry. Rather, the career paths of retail CEOs had many job-hopping, industry-jumping, and zigzagging moves.

You can gain experience and knowledge from any industry that will make you more valuable when you decide to reenter retailing. But if your decision to abandon your retail career is based solely on the economic news that's sensational enough to grab the headlines, then you're missing the whole retail story.

It wasn't widespread news when Bloomingdales's announced today that it plans to build three new stores. That's probably because the new stores are not scheduled to open until 2010 and 2011. Even so, Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue have both announced plans for expansion in 2009. Also, Dollar Tree, Gymboree, Urban Outfitters, Petsmart, Walgreens, and Home Depot have all announced new stores openings for 2009, with leases signed and buildings under construction.

On the food side of the retail industry, long-time ice cream favorite Baskin-Robbins is in an aggressive expansion mode, projecting that it will have opened 400 stores globally in 2008. Toledo-based Marco's Pizza will have opened 40 new stores in the extremely crowded niche of pizza providers this year, and it expects to have 500 stores by 2010. Sprouts Farmers Market has plans to open 100 stores over the next five years, and Fresh & Easy is in the midst of a 30-store expansion in Q4. Even Starbucks, after closing 600 stores this year, plans to open about 200 new ones next year.

If you look in one direction, the job forecast is bleak for the retail industry. If you look in another direction the future seems bright. Every employee at every level gets to choose which direction to look. Any advice I give about careers always includes the escape clause that no matter what you choose, you'll always get the opportunity to choose again.

Sample Human Resources Generalist Job Description

By Susan M. Heathfield

Job Vacancy Indonesia, Employee, Vacancy
 

Compensation

• Assists with the monitoring of the company wage and salary structure and the variable pay systems within the company including bonuses and raises.
• Provides competitive market research and prepares pay studies to help establish pay practices and pay bands that help to recruit and retain superior staff.
• Provides payroll processing backup support. Partners with accounting and payroll to maintain the payroll data base.
• Participates in one salary survey per year.

Benefits

• Provides day-to-day benefits administration services. Assist employees with any claim issues.
• Develops and schedules benefits orientations and other benefits training.
• Administers the 401(k) plan and completes yearly compliance reporting.
• Administers disability and worker's compensation claims.
• Recommends changes in benefits offered, especially new benefits aimed at employee satisfaction and retention.

Law

• Complies with all existing governmental and labor legal and government reporting requirements including any related to the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Department of Labor, worker compensation, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and so forth. Maintains minimal company exposure to lawsuits.
• Protects the interests of employees and the company in accordance with company Human Resources policies and governmental laws and regulations.

Organization Development

• Assists with the carrying out of a company-wide process of organization development that addresses issues such as succession planning, superior workforce development, key employee retention, organization design, and change management.
• Assists with employee communication and feedback through such avenues as company meetings, suggestion programs, employee satisfaction surveys, newsletters, employee focus groups, one-on-one meetings, and Intranet use.
• Helps monitor the organization�s culture so that it supports the attainment of the company's goals and promotes employee satisfaction.
• Assists with the company-wide committees including the wellness, training, environmental health and safety, activity, and culture and communications committees.